OTTAWA -- The deaths of four people whose bodies were found at an Ottawa residence were a triple murder-suicide, investigators said Wednesday.Police said the bodies of two women and a male were discovered in the morning and the fourth body was found about 1:15 p.m., the Ottawa Sun reported. No reason was given for the time lapse between finding the first bodies and the fourth, the Sun said.A source told the Sun a rifle was ... [full story]

ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Three men suspected in the 2005 disappearance of an American teenager vacationing in Aruba are back in custody, it was announced Wednesday.Prosecutors said brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe were arrested in Aruba, while Joran Van der Sloot was arrested in the Netherlands at the request of Aruban officials, CNN reported. The trio are charged with "involvement in the voluntary manslaughter of Natalee Holloway or causing serious bodily harm to Natalee Holloway, resulting ... [full story]

BEIJING -- China reversed its position Thursday and said the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk would be allowed to dock in Hong Kong for the Thanksgiving holiday.At a regular Beijing news conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said issues of sovereignty had been involved in reversing the decision, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported."Such a decision is out of humanitarian considerations, and decided on a case-by-case basis," Liu said.The carrier and five supporting ... [full story]

TOKYO -- Greenpeace activists aboard the Esperanza said they were unable to locate the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctic waters."We have not found them because they are trying to escape from us," said Junichi Sato, Greenpeace's whale project leader in Japan. The activists vowed to hunt the hunters and disrupt the first killing of humpback whales since 1966, the Washington Post reported Thursday.The Japanese fleet has the right under the International Whaling Commission to harvest ... [full story]

TEHRAN -- Iran's nuclear chief Thursday warned that any move against the country's nuclear program would cause instability throughout the Middle East.Chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili's proclamation came two days after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared no more concessions would be placed on Iran's nuclear program."The world knows that any meddling in Iran's security will have a domino effect (in the Middle East)," Jalili told a Tehran seminar, CNN reported. "We are ready to protect our ... [full story]

CUSHENDUN, Northern Ireland -- Billions of small jellyfish overwhelmed fish-farm cages off the coast of Northern Ireland, killing more than 100,000 salmon valued at more than $2 million.The mass of jellyfish covered an area up to 10 square miles up to 35 feet deep, The Times Online reported Wednesday.The natural disaster, which occurred at Glenarm and Red bays near Cushendun, jeopardizes the survival of the Northern Salmon Co."We are still assessing the full extent, but ... [full story]

MANILA, Philippines -- Evacuations began in the eastern Philippines Thursday as Typhoon Mitag approached packing winds of 85 mph with higher gusts.The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Administration Services reported Thursday afternoon the storm was 250 miles east of Virac in the province of Catanduanes. It was moving westward at 8 mph and had gusts reported up to 105 mph. GMANews.tv reported.The country's National Disaster Coordinating Council reported some 27,000 residents of mountainous Bicol were ... [full story]

BAGHDAD -- Two al-Qaida attacks in Baghdad and Baquba killed at least 34 people Thursday, Iraqi officials reported.In the Baghdad attack, 15 Iraqi soldiers and militia allied with U.S. forces were killed and eight others were injured, a BBC correspondent reported. Insurgents overran a military checkpoint, stole a Humvee armored vehicle, changed into Iraqi army uniforms and attacked the headquarters of the Sunni militia, police said.In the attack on a Shiite village outside Baquba, 19 ... [full story]

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has halted deportation proceedings against a Myanmar refugee, The Independent reported Thursday.Lay Naing, 34, his wife and 18-month-old daughter fled to Britain last year, but because he didn't file for asylum immediately was ordered deported, the newspaper said. He went on to lose three appeals before the issue came up in Parliament.Naing had been jailed and beaten in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, for distributing literature criticizing the ... [full story]

The Oregon City Police Department is alerting businesses and residents that a convicted sex offender who preyed on boys and girls aged 9-to-15 has applied for a business license and is currently running a bicycle shop on Main Street.
Harry Alan Garret - OCP photo Harry Alan Garret, 54, was convicted of first-degree sex abuse and third-degree sodomy in 2000, crimes that involved children, both male and female, between 9 and 15, police reported.
According to ... [full story]